22News at 4: Digital Edition

Streaming from the 22 News Broadcast Center, this is 22 News at 4 p.m. Digital Edition. Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to 22 News at 4. I'm Claire Overton. We'll get to your top four at 4 in just a moment, but first we always have a look at commuter traffic and weather. Let's bring in 22 News Storm Team Meteorologist Brian Lapis. Brian, what can you tell us today? The weather that we're experiencing right now continues for the foreseeable future. That's good. Minus a few degrees tomorrow. It's going to be a little bit cooler here tomorrow. It did get very warm today. It did. Got up to 71 in some places. Very. In fact, I should check and see if we broke our record today. We were telling people last time to break out their winter coats, and now we're in the 70s again. And it is one of those, we're in one of these sorts of times of the year where you might need a winter coat early in the morning, and then short sleeves in the afternoon. Never know how to dress those days. Let's take a look. We're going to try to help you with that, by the way. Traffic right now, nothing significant happening. A little bit of a slowdown here at the end of 291. It usually happens at this time of day as it merges with 91. The Pike looks good. 91 north of Springfield also looks fine. Let's take a look at temperatures, shall we? And look at that. 71 degrees in Westfield. 71 in Greenfield. 69 degrees Springfield, Northampton, and Orange. And we're in the mid, even low 70s right now in Great Barrington. So certainly a mild day, bright day here today. The brightness continues tomorrow. The cooler air returns, though, tomorrow. We'll show you with our 22 News Storm Team forecast. Thanks, Brian. We begin in Florence, where state police are investigating the cause of a motorcycle crash on Sunday that left one person dead. Crews responded to Burt's Pit Road around 7.30 in the evening following a report of a crash. The operator, a 21-year-old male, was transported to Cooley Dickinson Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. According to the Northwestern DA's office, a preliminary investigation determined that the driver was traveling east when he left the roadway and crashed into a small group of trees. We will provide updates on this crash when they become available. Police in Springfield are investigating a shooting on Sunday that left one person seriously injured. Police responded to a shot spotter activation in the area of Burton and White Streets around 8.30 p.m. and upon arrival, officers located the victim, an adult male suffering from gunshot injuries. He is still recovering at Bay State Medical Center, and there is no further information at this time. To stay with 22 News for updates. Also in Springfield, four people are facing multiple gun charges after police seized four illegal weapons connected to separate shootings on Sunday. Police responded to Jefferson Avenue and Calhoun Street around 7 p.m. for shot spotter activations and collected a total of 61 shell casings on both streets. Officers say a vehicle and two homes were damaged from gunfire. The four suspects, ages 18 to 24, were arrested after two of them attempted to flee. Witness descriptions and other evidence helped officers identify and arrest the other two. Now to the Berkshires. A fire damaged one of the Hoosick Valley train rides rail cars on Saturday. The car recently underwent a restoration, but according to officials, repairs are possible. Berkshire Scenic Railway Executive Director Melanie Seiden saying in a response, quote, while this fire was a heavy blow, our spirit isn't broken. Our entire volunteer crew is rolling up their sleeves to pull off nothing short of a holiday miracle. And now let's get another check at today's weather. Brian, it was gorgeous outside and very warm. Yeah, I think that We're going to be just as bright here tomorrow, but a little bit cooler. By the way, tomorrow evening, 6.30, is the East Hampton Rag Shag Parade. It's a Halloween costume parade. Okay, very cool. I didn't know what a rag shag parade was. Yeah. It's kind of a, I think that the rag shag thing is kind of a local vernacular for costume parades around here. Well, how's the weather checking out for that? Pretty good. So, if you want to get some early, little early jump on some candy. A little rag shag. Tomorrow, East Hampton, weather should cooperate. Right now, sunshine, temperatures upper 60s to low 70s, and we look ahead here, our 22-news storm team skycast. 5 o'clock here this afternoon, scattered clouds through 7 o'clock, and there'll be scattered clouds here tonight. There's actually a little push of cooler air that's going to arrive from the north here late night tonight, and that will be enough to set off some clouds. I expect that the weather will stay dry tonight, though. It'll also pick up a little bit of a breeze overnight, So you notice a little bit of wind, say, between 9 p.m. and about 4 or 5 a.m. tonight into early tomorrow morning. So 7 o'clock tomorrow morning, temperatures are in the 30s, we expect. And then as we move through the day, sunshine 10 o'clock, noontime, light breeze out of the north, and high temperatures tomorrow in the mid to upper 50s. And the dry weather continues potentially into and through the weekend. We'll show you with our 22 News Storm Team forecast on 22 News at 5. Thanks, Brian. Trending today, tickets are now on sale for the Spirit of Springfield's Bright Nights at Forest Park. General admission tickets are $30 with a $2 fee, and they allow one vehicle with up to eight passengers to enjoy the three-mile illuminated drive and make a pit stop at Santa's Magical Forest. There's also season passes for $70 and some special discounted ticket nights throughout the season. Bright Nights runs from November 25th through January 3rd. Tickets are available online at brightnights.org. A tight race at the top for the box office this weekend, but it was a new option that took the number one spot. DC Studios' Clayface won the weekend with a $24 million debut. The Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary, You Can't See Everything, finished in second place with just under $20 million. And the new stop-motion fantasy film, Wildwood, placed third in its opening weekend. And now for a look at what we're working on for 22 News starting at 5. Holyoke Police are investigating a stabbing that took place on High Street early this morning. Plus, Indian Orchard Citizens Council have opened their new community food pantry. And finally, we'll have more on how this pantry will help fight food insecurity in the region. And of course, we'll tell you how many voters have cast their ballots for the midterm elections. Okie dokie, traffic running normally. A little bit of a slowdown here at the end of 291. This happens every day at this time of day. No major problems on the Pike. No major problems on I-91 north or south of Springfield. It's just downtown where it's running a little bit slowly. Dry weather continues tomorrow. A little cooler. We'll track temperatures on 22 News starting at 5 with our 22 News Storm Team forecast. Claire. Thanks, Brian. And thank you for joining us this afternoon for 22 News at 4. Join us on TV tonight starting at 5. and you can get all your local news and weather updates anytime on WWLP.com and the 22 News mobile app.